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Shankar Sharma | Keeping in view the humongous costs associated with the large number of nuclear reactors being built/proposed, the long term implications of these projects on our communities, the global level rejection of nuclear power as a national level energy policy, and the absence of a rational debate on nuclear power policy at the societal level in our country, I would like to emphasise that our country is in urgent need of a diligent examination of all the associated issues by the apex auditing body of the country, and subsequently followed by effective discussions in the Parliament. Such a diligent analysis at a policy level has become an imperative before the country can continue to invest massive capital into the nuclear power sector.

Shankar Sharma | Considering all these issues in the overall welfare perspective of the true welfare of the people of Uttara Kannada district, the state of Karnataka and the country, and in the context that nuclear power is the costliest, riskiest and least favored electricity option around the world, and that there are much benign and much less costly options to meet the legitimate demand for electricity in our country, the AEC/DAE should ask NPCIL to withdraw its application for Environmental Clearance to this project proposal.

Eminent power policy analyst Mr. Shankar Sharma’s letter to the State Govt of Karnataka, after attending the public hearing on the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) for the expansion of Kaiga Atomic Power Station(KAPS)

EAS Sarma | public consultation process cannot be treated as a ritualistic exercise to get clearances. The people of this country are the primary stakeholders in such large projects and their concerns are far too important to be ignored.